Magento multistore setup under Plesk

Please note there is an easier way which may suite your setup better: http://dx3webs.com/front/2011/09/create-a-multi-store-setup-in-magento/

There is already a very good tutorial for setting this up under cpanel but the procedure is slightly different for Plesk.

Follow the instruction given on crucial’s tutorial till you get to step 20.. then come back here

Assume that your main store is here

/var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/

step 1
Create domain2.com as your normally would in plesk.

Step 2
Create vhost.conf in /var/www/vhosts/domain2.com/conf and enter

<Directory /var/www/vhosts/domain2.com/httpdocs>
php_admin_value open_basedir "/var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs:/var/www/vhosts/domain2.com/httpdocs:/tmp"
</Directory>

this will allow the two shops to call files which would other wise not be allowed.
If you are using ssl you will need to copy vhost.conf to vhost_ssl.conf in the same folder.
To make these change ‘live’ run the following

/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng -v -a

Step 3
Copy index.php and .htaccess from /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs to /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs

if you have installed magento in its own folder copy the files from:

/var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/magento to /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/magento

on domain2.com edit index.php

Find

$mageFilename = '/app/Mage.php';

and change to

$mageFilename = '/var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/shop/app/Mage.php';

This is why you needed to change vhost.conf in step 2 so that domain2 can talk across site to domain2

Now find

Mage::run();

and change to

Mage::run('site2','website');

where ‘site2′ is the code you assigned in Step 8 of the crucial tutorial

Stpe 4
You now need to create symbolic link to key folder on domain1.com

run the following while in /var/www/vhosts/domain2.com/httpdocs/

ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/404/ ./404
ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/app/ ./app
ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/includes/ ./includes
ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/js/ ./js
ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/media/ ./media
ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/report ./report
ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/skin/ ./skin
ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/var ./var

This will redirect all calls to the domains on domain2.com to the correct place on domain1.com

Note: if you installed on domain1.com/magento all you need to do is to create a symbolic link to :

ln -s /var/www/vhosts/domain1.com/httpdocs/magento ./magento

Related posts:

1. Host a subdomain on a different / remote server using Plesk